Allure

Question: I recently read Linda’s blog entry entitled “Be prepared for the unthinkable by thinking about it.” It makes a lot of sense, but I am a bit confused. I recently spent a month at the Parelli Center with my horse. While there, I was told that I needed to try to “live in the moment more” and that a lot of the issues I was having with my horse had to do with the “baggage” I was bringing to each session, namely all the “what if” scenarios running through my mind. I was trying to be prepared for problems by thinking ahead of time what I would do in each instance so that I could be prepared with a response or a plan B. It was explained to me that because I was already preparing for something bad to happen, that my horse was reacting off of my energy negatively. So my question is: how can you prepare for the unthinkable and live in the moment at the same time? -Shannon P.

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your interest in and concern for Allure’s well-being. In response to the curiosity you expressed after last week’s post “An Update on Allure,” I thought I’d take a few minutes to give you a little more detail on my experience with his health concerns.

Dear Friends,

I’ve been telling you a lot about Remmer lately, but I bet some of you are wondering what’s going on with Allure. Unfortunately, Allure's thyroid started acting up again this summer because I wasn't giving him enough iodine. I had dropped it down because he was looking fabulous, but it turns out that was one of the reasons he was looking so great! It's taken a good six weeks to get him up to snuff again: he'd lost weight, was feeling sluggish (not like him at all!) and his coat lost depth of color.  I just started playing with him again a few weeks ago, at Liberty. It was great!